Sometimes reading a translated piece feels second rate. You never know what you’re missing. In the translation note before A Yi’s “Barrenland,” Eric Abrahamsen provides the history and thoughtfulness to convince you that he did the original version justice.
In the essay that follows the note, A Yi writes about being a peasant in the changing economic landscape in China.
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